The Magpies will be looking to build on the vital win at Villa Park during the week, which was their first win in their last six. Moussa Sissoko and Yoan Gouffran are expected to their make home debuts.

After failing to perform consistently with many blaming
Chelsea's gruelling schedule over the past two months, Benitez could be forced
to rotate, which could see Demba Ba start against his old club, for the first
time since his transfer last month.

Despite bringing in six reinforcements in the transfer
window, Alan Pardew still has a lot of squad selection issues to deal with.
Hatem Ben Arfa, Dan Gosling, Danny Simpson and Ryan Taylor will miss the game
due to injuries. Cheick Tiote is unavailable as he is still on international
duty at the AFcon with Ivory Coast.

John Terry could return to captain the side in the league
after successfully coming through 90 minutes of action against Brentford in the
FA cup last week. Juan Mata picked up knock in the draw against Reading and
could miss out.

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